Just 12 Ordinary Men

Just 12 ordinary men weighed down by grief
Sent by The Messiah on an impossible mission.
To take the gospel news to the world
Thereby fulfilling the Great Commission.
Who could understand this enormous task?
Who would think this could be accomplished?
How could 12 simple men reach the whole world?
But they would not leave the task unfinished.

They all refused to let their Rabbi down.
With trepidation, they all got on board.
And as they set out for their assigned local,
Each prayed for help from their Lord.
None understood how this could work.
They all feared it would not come to pass.
Because the numbers simply did not add up, 
But for God’s impossible math.

Where we see one, Jesus sees many more;
He sees much bigger and deeper and farther.
While we are limited by our natural minds,
He has the unlimited mind of His Father.
His imagination is much bigger than ours.
So He sees God’s people as limitless.
And it was through the Great Commission
He chose to prove this impossible thesis.

The 12 did the Father and Son proud,
Spent their whole lives spreading the Gospel.
And I hope before they went home to God 
They knew they had done the impossible.
For the 12 created a matrix of believers,
 Using God’s impossible math,
And it is from the matrix they created 
The Great Commission will come to pass.
Linda Troxell©04/05/2021